| Definition | Vocab |
| an artificial person created by law with most legal rights of a real person, including the rights to start and operate a business | |
| the shares of ownership of a corporation | |
| a person who owns a corporation's stock | |
| a corporation whose stock is owned by relatively few people and is not sold to the general public | |
| stocked owned by individuals or firms who usually do not have voting rights but whose claims on dividends are paid before those of common-stock owners | |
| the top governing body of a corporation, the members of which are elected by the stockholders | |
| a legal form listing issues to be decided at a stockholders' meeting and enabling stockholders to transfer their voting rights to some other individual or individuals | |
| a distribution of earnings to the stockholders of a corporation | |
| a corporation whose stock can be bought and sold by any individual | |
| stock owned by individuals or firms who may vote on corporate matters but whose claims on profit and assets are subordinate to the claims of others | |